ASUS Prime Z690-A LGA 1700(Intel 12th) ATX Motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4X M.2, Intel 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Front Panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4,Aura Sync RGB Lighting)

the first board i got in had a bad USB 3.2 gen 1 controller causing 4 USB ports not to work, i exchanged it for a replacement that is working flawlessly as of 12/24/21. i have updated the BIOS on the replacement so the ports dont go bad. this is why i gave it 4 stars. other than that, it is a good board

Easily mounted and came with everything i needed for a full build. No complains and has been running great for a month now.

This does NOT work 13th Gen CPU (unless your BIOS is over ver. 2004), kind of a crapshoot, sure to get better over time. But if not, the only way to update it is to have a 12th gen cpu on hand to boot and do bios installs first.

I cant believe that I have to say this but read the specs for what you are going to buy BEFORE you buy it. How can someone give this motherboard a 1-star rating when it is being returned b/c DDR5 RAM is almost impossible to find? One more thing...this board is for the new LGA 1700 socket which makes it, Ready for 12th Gen Intel Core processors + Windows 11 + PCIe 5.0 support + DDR5 RAM ONLY. Dont forget this when you buy your CPU cooler regardless if you choose to go with AIO liquid or air.

Now I normally dont write reviews for many things however this product warrants it. For the price of this board it is nothing worth the money spend to have this many problems. First had trouble getting windows toboot on this board to ddr5 ram not working properly. Loading the xmp profile in bios with ram given in the bundle kit with it fails and crashes not making it past the bios. As if that wasnt enough to my usb ports in the back of the board failing after only 1 week of using it. Buyer beware stay far away from this product as someone who builds computers this is one I would never recommend.

Absolutely terrible mobo don’t buy

Super motherboard, beautiful and quality, hope it will be long lasting, I like it))!!!

The motherboard came DOA it would not post after completing all troubleshooting steps through ASUS they said I could RMA it just to state that it would take up too 10 business days plus shipping time. I think that is disgraceful and have switched to an MSI Board.

If you are going to be using 13th gen you will need to update the bios before use.

1st iteration of LGA1700 (12th gen) and no provision to update bios for 13th gen without 12th gen chip. As if intel was going to build the next generation on a different socket (because you know there’s no competition). If you buy old stock to use with a 13th gen chip, good luck. They asked me to send it in to have them flash it. Lol. Galaxy brains. Customer service didn’t even alert me to this issue the first time and I tried in vein to Qflash without a designated USB port, because of course, not possible.